Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-06-03
HORSE GOSSIP.

Horsemen say if Prince Wilkes is in
form he will be a hard one to beat III the
$4,000 race at Hartford.
Ruby, which made a record of 2,l994 in
1885, has a bay FLY at foot by Guy Wilkes,
2.154.
C. E. Lewis of Wells has sold his Cling
stone colt to parties in Argyle, n. y, for
800.
An offer of $500 is said to have been
lately refused by James Whitney of Koch
ester, n. Y, for two-year-old colt by AL
mont Jr.
ROYAL Bounce, by Blue Bell, reduced
his record to 2.231f at Belmont Park on
the 10Th ult, which looks as If Blue Bell
would soon have another 2 20 performer
Libby S. is the first acquisition to the
2.20 circle this season. She got record
of 219l4 at Philadelphia in race with
Judge Davis and Orange Bud.
King Jim, by Belmont, son of Alexan-
ders Abdallah, dam by a daughter OF
Alexander's Abdallah, scored another vic
tory in the pacing race at Philadelphia on
the 10Th ult. best time, 2.2l4
Pontiac, Winfred. Inspector B., jos
Cotton and the other Dwyer horses IN
Kentucky are doing very we'll. They Will
come East soon and be trained for the
Monmouth.
Appleby and Johnson expect to win the
Emporium with the $4,000 colt Stockton.
He will only carry lO4 pounds.
Harry Wilkes is now at Terre Haute. He
is barred from the free-for-all at the June
meeting, but will start against time TOR
special purse.
A match has been made between Mr.. j,
G. Cosuer's chestnut gelding Garnet, by
Young Jim and Major S. n. Dickinson's
Wilkes, for $4,000 a side, play or pay, mile
heats. best three in five, to take place on
the Hartford track July 10.
A meeting of the Rutland Driving Park
association was held Tuesday, and II
was voted to hold series OF races In Au-
gust. The preliminary arrangements We're
| left with a committee consisting or w. Z.
Landon. f. A. Morse, A. o. Cunningham
and X. X. Hannum.
The Northern New York Trotting asso.
cation is new society lately organized
at Pottersville, Warren county. Its f1rst
meeting Will he held July and 3, when
$500 will be given away in purses
Between heats of the races at Philadel-
phia, May 20. William Bair drove the
famous PAGER Johnston, and bod Irwin
drove Westmont. Westmont was only
one length behind Johnston in the second
heat at the half-mile in O4&. Johnston
paced the first heat in 223$4, the second III
PIG, and the third in 2174.
Mr.. III. II. Cults, OF the Brookslde farm
Orwell, has sold to parties in Nashville
Tenn, three fine animals, Lolita G. by
Addison Lambert, dam, Old FoXie, the
dam of Lady Foxie Lolita Franklin, g
three year old fllly by Ben Franklin, dam,
Lolita C.. also Alice W., chestnut filly
by Ben Franklin, dam Aristos Void, by
Aristos. Mr.. Cults has also sold the fine
five year old stallion Coleraine by Add
son Lambert dam, by Edward Everett
Mr.. S. p. Potter of Mddlebury, bought
the animal, which he has taken to South
America.
c. p. Hazen writes from North Hero
"B. G. Blanchard has received a letter
from parties in Illinois asking if the stock
horse, Stargard, was for sale and at what
price, and we are authorized.to say he is
not even for an offer double the cost o.
any horse that was ever brought into
Grand Isle county" Already the bust
ness on June LIST, is just double what il
was last season at the same date ant
many breeders who have two colts ar,
using him the third season. Stargarc
never looked better and his stable com
panion, Egamour, by Smuggler, is con
sdered the best fouryears- old In this vicin
ity.